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48 of the best hockey players on Wall Street
Clark Gillies, a senior VP at Hilton Capital, was forward for the New York Islanders and Buffalo Sabres.
RBC investment advisor Neil Eisenhut played for the Canucks and the Flames.
Finance Job: Investment adviser at RBC Dominion Securities
Age: 48
Position: Center
School: University of North Dakota
Team(s): Vancouver Canucks, Calgary Flames, and the Rangers
Highlights: Eisenhut played with the Vancouver Canucks, Calgary Flames and the Rangers. He also played in Germany for 6 years. He received a hockey scholarship to University of North Dakota.
Fund manager Tim Barakett was drafted by the New Jersey Devils after Harvard.
Finance Job: Founder of TRB Advisors, a private investment fund.
Age: 49
School: Harvard
Team: New Jersey Devils
Highlights: He played for Harvard and was drafted by the Devils in 1986. He also played professionally in Switzerland for Eissportverein Zug and the Canadian national team (Spengler Cup).
He holds an NCAA division record for single-season game-winning goals. He ranks 19th in all-time career points at Harvard. During college, he played in 127 games and had 55 goals and 79 assists.
Jean Potvin won two Stanley Cup championships before going to Wall Street.
Finance Job: Institutional sales Wunderlich Securities.
School: University of Ottawa
Position: Defense
Teams: Los Angeles Kings, Philadelphia Flyers, New York Islanders, Cleveland Barons, and Minnesota North Stars.
Highlights: He won two Stanley Cup championships with the Islanders in the '80s.
NHL legend Derek Sanderson ran a group at a wealth-management firm.
Finance Job: Headed the Sports Group in conjunction with Baystate Wealth Management.
Age: 68
Position: Center
Hockey Team(s): Boston Bruins, Philadelphia Blazers, New York Rangers, St. Louis Blues, Vancouver Canucks, and Pittsburgh Penguins
Former investment manager Nevin Markwart was a forward for the Boston Bruins.
Finance Job: Formerly president/CEO of Canoe Financial. He now runs a nonprofit focused on the business and management aspects of hockey. He's also a CFA charterholder.
Age: 50
Position: Forward
Teams: Boston Bruins and Calgary Flames
Highlights: He played in 309 games and scored 109 points.
Patrick Hickey, who works at RBC, played for the New York Rangers.
Finance Job: Investment adviser at RBC. He's a Drexel Burnham and Bear Stearns alum, too.
Age: 62
Position: Forward
Hockey Teams: Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Rangers, and Team Canada (1978)
Highlights: While in the NHL, he played in 644 games, scored 404 points, and spent 351 minutes in the penalty box.
He was also general manager and governor of the American Hockey League affiliate of the Los Angeles Kings. He was named American Hockey League Executive of the Year in 1992.
Mike Richter, who runs a private-equity fund, was a goalie for the New York Rangers when they won the Stanley Cup.
Finance Job: Founding partner of the $100 million private-equity fund Environmental Capital Partners.
Age: 48
School: University of Wisconsin (He later attended Yale after retiring from pro hockey)
Position: Goalie
Hockey Team(s): US national team and the New York Rangers
Highlights: He was selected by the New York Rangers No. 28 overall in 1985 NHL draft. He played for the Rangers from 1988 until 2003 and led the team to win the Stanley Cup in 1994.
He's a member of the US Hockey Hall of Fame, and his jersey hangs in Madison Square Garden.
He represented the US hockey team and helped the team capture the World Cup Gold in 1996 and an Olympic Silver Medal in 2002.
Rob McClanahan, a sales trader at Craig-Hallum Capital, was a member of the 1980 US Olympic "Miracle on Ice" team that beat the Soviet team.
Finance Job: Institutional equity sales trading at Craig-Hallum Capital Group.
Age: 57
School: University of Minnesota (c/o 1979)
Position: Forward
Hockey Team(s): US Olympic team, Buffalo Sabres, Hartford Whalers, and New York Rangers
Highlights: He was a member of the US hockey team that won the gold medal in the 1980 Winter Olympics. He played in the NHL from 1979 to 1984, getting time in 224 games and scoring 101 points during his career.
He was picked by the Buffalo Sabres No. 49 overall in the 1978 NHL draft.
Dave Silk, who works at Standard Life, was also a member of the 1980 US Olympic team, and he later played for the Boston Bruins.
Finance Job: Director at Standard Life in Boston.
Age: 57
School: Boston University (c/o 1979)
Position: Forward
Hockey Team(s): US Olympic team and Boston Bruins, Winnipeg Jets, Detroit Red Wings, and New York Rangers.
Highlights: Silk played in the NHL from 1980 to 1985, playing in 224 games and scoring 113 points. He was also a member of the "Miracle on Ice" team.
He was picked by the New York Rangers No. 59 overall in 1978 NHL draft.
Gord Kluzak, who works at Goldman Sachs, played in the NHL for the Boston Bruins.
Finance Job: Managing director at Goldman Sachs in Boston.
Age: 51
Position: Defense
Hockey Team: Boston Bruins
Highlights: He played in the NHL from 1982 until 1991. He played in 299 games, scored 123 points, and spent 543 minutes in the penalty box.
H was selected by the Boston Bruins No. 1 overall in the 1982 NHL draft.
Mark Janssens, a trader at Access Global Trading, played for the New York Rangers and several other NHL teams.
Finance Job: Managing director at Access Global Trading in Stamford, Connecticut.
Age: 47
Position: Center
Hockey Team(s): New York Rangers, Minnesota North Stars, Hartford Whalers, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, New York Islanders, Phoenix Coyotes, and Chicago Blackhawks
Highlights: From 1987 to 2001, he played in the NHL, participating in 711 games and scoring 113 points. He also spent 1,422 minutes in the penalty box. He was picked by the New York Rangers No. 72 overall in the 1986 NHL draft.
Brian Bellows, who works at Piper Jaffray, played in the NHL for 17 years.
Finance Job: Piper Jaffray
Age: 50
Position: Right Wing
Hockey Team(s): Minnesota North Stars, Montreal Canadiens, Tampa Bay Lightning, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, and Washington Capitals
Highlights: Bellows played in the NHL from 1982 to 1999. He played in 1,118 games, scored 1,022 points, and spent 718 minutes in the penalty box.
He was selected by Minnesota North Stars No. 2 overall in the 1982 NHL draft.
Former Boston University forward Eric Thomassian works for Goldman.
Finance Job: Associate Goldman Sachs investment management.
Age: 32
Position: Forward
School: Boston University
Hockey Team(s): Amsterdam Tigers (Germany)
Highlights: He received an athletic scholarship to Boston University. He participated three times in the NCAA tournament. In 2006, he was on the Hockey East regular season and tournament championship team.
David Emma, who works as a financial adviser at Hightower Advisors, played for the New Jersey Devils and Boston Bruins.
Finance Job: Financial adviser/managing partner of Hightower Advisors.
Age: 46
School: Boston College (c/o 1991)
Position: Right Wing
Hockey Team(s): New Jersey Devils, Boston Bruins, and Florida Panthers
Highlights: Emma played in the NHL from 1992 to 2001. During his NHL career, he played in 34 games, scored 11 points, and spent just two minutes in the penalty box.
He was selected by New Jersey Devils No. 110 overall in the 1989 NHL draft.
André Doré, who worked at Piper Jaffray, played for the New York Rangers.
Finance Job: Formerly a managing director at Piper Jaffray. Before that he worked at UBS and Bear Stearns
Age: 57
Position: Defense
Hockey Team(s): NHL teams New York Rangers, St. Louis Blues, and Quebec Nordiques.
Highlights: He played in the NHL from 1978 to 1985. He played in 257 games, scored 95 points, and spent 261 minutes in the penalty box.
He was selected by the New York Rangers No. 60 overall in the 1978 NHL draft.
Dave Maloney, who worked at Weeden & Co., played for the New York Rangers and Buffalo Sabres.
Finance Job: Formerly an institutional equity and fixed-income broker at Weeden & Co. Now he's a New York Rangers announcer
Age: 58
Position: Defenseman
Hockey Team(s): New York Rangers and Buffalo Sabres
Highlights: He played in the NHL from 1974 to 1985. During his NHL career, he played in 657 games, scored 317 points and spent 1,154 minutes in the penalty box.
He was selected by the New York Rangers No. 14 overall in the 1974 NHL draft.
Mark Lutz, who works at Natixis Global Asset Management, played for the University of Vermont and the Utah Grizzlies in the East Coast Hockey League.
Finance Job: Natixis Global Asset Management in Boston
Age: 32
School: University of Vermont
Position: Defense
Hockey Team: East Coast Hockey League (ECHL) the Utah Grizzlies.
Hockey Career: After college, he played for the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL) for the Utah Grizzlies for one season from 2008 to 2009. He played in 39 games, scored 5 points and spent 24 minutes in the penalty box.
Sales trader Sean Haggerty played for the Toronto Maple Leafs and the New York Islanders.
Finance Job: Sales Trader at Jones & Assoc.
Age: 39
Position: Left wing
Hockey Team(s): Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Islanders and the Nashville Predators.
Highlights: Haggerty was drafted by Toronto in the 1994 draft pick.He also played in the AHL and the IHL.
Trader Ryan Haggerty scored 113 points while playing for Boston College.
Finance Job: Trader at SunTrust
Age: 42
Position: Left Wing
School: Boston College (1991-1995)
Highlights: While at Boston College, Haggerty scored 113 points. He was captain of the 1994/95 season team. In 1991, he was drafted by the Edmonton Oilers (round 5 #93 overall). He played in the AHL and the EHL.
Barry Pederson, who works for UBS wealth management, played for the Boston Bruins.
Finance Job: Vice president in wealth management at UBS
Age: 54
Position: Center
Hockey Team(s): NHL's Boston Bruins, Vancouver Canucks, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Hartford Whalers, and AHL's Maine Mariners from 1991 to 1992
Highlights: Pederson played in the NHL from 1980 to 1992. He played in 701 games, scored 654 points, and spent 472 minutes in the penalty box.
Lou Nanne, who works at RBC, played in the NHL for the Minnesota North Stars for 11 years.
Finance Job: Senior managing director at RBC Global Asset Management
Age: 74
School: University of Minnesota
Position: Defense
Hockey Team: Minnesota North Stars (NHL)
Highlights: He played in the NHL from 1967 until 1978. He played in 635 games, scored 225 points, and spent 356 minutes in the penalty box.
Brad Parsons, who works at Goldman Sachs Investment Management, played for the Washington Capitals.
Finance Job: Private wealth adviser at Goldman Sachs Investment Management in the Dallas/Fort Worth area
School: Princeton
Position: Center
Hockey Team(s): Portland Pirates (AHL), South Carolina Stingrays (ECHL), Florida Everblades (ECHL), Albany River Rats (AHL), and HIFK Helsinki (SM-ligga). He played for the Washington Capitals from 2002 to 2006, Finra records show.
Hedge fund manager Doug Hirsch was a leading scorer at Dartmouth.
Finance Job: Founder of event-driven hedge fund Seneca Capital
Age: 53
School: Dartmouth
Position: Wing
Highlights: He was one of Dartmouth's leading scorers, averaging a point a game for four years in the '80s.
Ian Moran, a sales trader at Sterne Agee, played in the NHL for the Boston Bruins and Pittsburgh Penguins.
Finance Job: Sales trader at Sterne Agee in Boston
Age: 42
School: Boston College
Position: Right Wing
Hockey Team(s): Pittsburgh Penguins, Boston Bruins, and Anaheim Ducks
Highlights: Moran played in the NHL from 1994 until 2007. He played in 479 games, scored 71 points, and spent 321 minutes in the penalty box.
He was picked by the Pittsburgh Penguins No. 107 overall in the 1990 NHL draft.
Hank Lammens, who works at UBS, played for the Ottawa Senators.
Finance Job: Sales trader at UBS
Age: 49
School: St. Lawrence University
Hockey Team(s): Ottawa Senators and the Canadian national team.
Highlights: He was captain of the Canadian Olympic hockey team. He was also captain of the Canadian sailing team.
Phil Falcone played professionally in Sweden after graduating from Harvard.
Finance Job: Founder of Harbinger Capital
School: Harvard
Position: Forward
Team: Malmö Redhawks (HockeyAllsvenskan league)
Highlights: While at Harvard, he played in 91 games, scored 58 points, and spent 36 minutes in the penalty box.
He played for the Swedish hockey team Malmö Redhawks for one season until he had a career-ending leg injury. That's when he hung up his skates and pads and headed to Wall Street.
Bill Nichols, who works at Cantor Fitzgerald, was on the US Olympic team.
Finance Job: Senior managing director of equity trading at Cantor Fitzgerald
Age: 53
School: Yale
Position: Defense
Hockey Team(s): US Olympic team, Salt Lake Golden Eagles (CHL), and Fort Wayne Komets (IHL)
Steve Shirreffs, a director at RBC, was a draft pick for the Calgary Flames in 1995 and was acquired by the Washington Capitals in 1999.
Finance Job: Director in loan capital markets/leveraged finance at RBC Capital Markets
Age: 39
School: Princeton (c/o 1999)
Position: Defense
Hockey Team(s): Portland Pirates (AHL), Hampton Roads Admirals (ECHL), Kärpät (SM-liiga), Cleveland Barons (AHL), Reading Royals (ECHL), and Ässät (SM-liiga).
Highlights: During his four years at Princeton (1995 to 1999), he played in 123 games, had 48 assists, scored 64 points, and spent 111 minutes in the penalty box.
In 1995, he was drafted by the Calgary Flames. He was picked up by the Washington Capitals in 1999.
Matthew Mallgrave, a former Goldman partner, was selected by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1988 NHL draft.
Finance Job: Recently left Goldman Sachs where he was head of US stock trading
School: Harvard (c/o 1993)
Teams: St. John's Maple Leafs (AHL), South Carolina Stingrays (ECHL), Hampton Roads Admirals (ECHL), and the Portland Pirates.
Highlights: He was picked by the Toronto Maple Leafs No. 132 overall in the 1988 NHL draft.
Rob Laferriere, the head trader at BlueMar Capital, was given a full scholarship to play varsity ice hockey at Boston College.
Finance Job: Head trader at BlueMar Capital
School: Princeton University and Boston College (c/o 1995)
Position: Forward
Hockey Career: While at Princeton, he played for one year, participating in 25 games and scoring 23 points. He was then given a full scholarship to place varsity ice hockey for Boston College, where he scored 47 points and played in 88 games during three seasons.
Dave Williams, who runs his own namesake trading firm in Stamford, was a standout at Yale.
Finance Job: Founder of Williams Trading
School: Yale (1980 to 1983)
Hockey Team(s): Richmond Sockeyes (British Columbia Hockey League) and Yale's varsity team.
Highlights: During his three seasons at Yale, he played in 80 games and scored 67 points. He was the captain of the team his senior year. He participated in US national team tryouts for the 1984 US Olympic hockey team. Also, he's an incredible cyclist.
Ryan Murphy, who was a right wing for the US National U-18 Team, worked in finance before returning to coaching.
Finance Job: Previously at Rumson-Fair Haven Bank & Trust and the Clinton Group
Age: 32
School: Boston College
Position: Right wing
Hockey Team(s): Manchester Monarchs, Hartford Wolf Pack, and Peoria Rivermen
Highlights: He was a member of the 1999-2000 US national U-18 team. He also played with the US junior national team. He played professionally in the American Hockey League and the ECHL.
Former NHL forward Blake Dunlop works for Benjamin F. Edwards & Co.
Finance Job: Branch manager for Benjamin F. Edwards & Co.
Age: 62
Position: Forward
Hockey Team(s): Minnesota North Stars, Philadelphia Flyers, St. Louis Blues, and Detroit Red Wings
Former NHL defenseman Paul Cavallini works at Morgan Stanley.
Finance Job: Financial advisor at Morgan Stanley
Age: 49
Position: Defense
Hockey Team(s): Washington Capitals, St. Louis Blues, and Dallas Stars
Financial adviser Sam Paolini played in the AHL and ECHL.
Finance Job: Financial advisor at Strategies For Wealth (Wall Street office). Before that he worked at Morgan Stanley.
School: Cornell
Highlights: While at Cornell, he had 37 goals and 51 assists in 115 Games. He won the Hockey Humanitarian Award in 2003. He also scored the overtime goal that won the 2003 ECAC Championship. After that he played in the AHL and ECHL.
BONUS: Hedgeye's hockey team
Keith McCullough — CEO — Played and Captained at Yale, also part owner of Phoenix Coyotes of the NHL
Daryl Jones — Director of Research — Played at Yale and was all-Ivy, also part owner of Phoenix Coyotes of the NHL
Bob Brooke — Managing Director — Played at Yale, played for the New York Rangers, the Minnesota North Stars, and the New Jersey Devils in the 1984 Olympics for Team USA
Al Richards — Analyst — Played at Yale, Drafted by Chicago Blackhawks, played in the American Hockey League
Ben Ryan — Analyst — Captain of Notre Dame, Drafted by Nashville Predators, Played in the American Hockey League
Kevin Kaiser — Managing Director — Captain Princeton
Gene 'Jumbo' Cleaves — Played at Middlebury
Matt Hedrick — Associate — Played at Yale
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